Latest Postmates Podcast Episodes
Episode 86: Should I Quit My Job to Deliver Full-time for Doordash Grubhub Uber Eats etc.?
Deliver on Your Business - August 25, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIt's not uncommon for someone to discover while delivering part time that delivering for Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats and others feels like it's earning more than their day job. Does it make sense to quit and just deliver full time? ****** We interrupt these show notes to put in a shameless plu...
Episode 85: Will AB5 Force Doordash Grubhub Uber Eats to Shut Down in California?
Deliver on Your Business - August 18, 2020 21:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe AB5 is hitting the fan. California has won an injunction forcing Uber and Lyft to use employees as of August 21. As it stands right now, they state they intend to shut down there temporarily. What does this mean for delivery contractors with Grubhub Doordash Uber Eats Postmates Instacart a...
Episode 84: He makes $40/hr delivering ON HIS BIKE! With Kevin from Financial Panther
Deliver on Your Business - August 11, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe're excited to have Kevin Ha from Financial Panther join us today to talk about delivery. Kevin paid off over $80,000 in debt in just over two years by diving into side hustles, including delivery. His Financial Panther blog provides a lot of great advice about money, saving, side hustles and...
Episode 83: Should Uber Eats Include the Tip In the Offer Amount
Deliver on Your Business - August 05, 2020 03:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFor the associated blog post with screenshots and links you can go to the website page for Episode 83 UDM broke the story on his Youtube channel that Uber Eats is rolling out a change in the delivery offer display in some markets. "Starting today, you'll see an upfront price that includes the...
Episode 82: What is it Like Delivering for Doordash?
Deliver on Your Business - July 29, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhat is the experience like delivering for Doordash? I go through my own thoughts and observations on what it's like. With a heavy dose of opinion thrown in. If you are thinking of signing up to deliver for Doordash, either as a brand new courier or to add to your arsenal of delivery partner...
Episode 81: What is it like to Deliver With Grubhub?
Deliver on Your Business - July 22, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhat is it like to deliver with Grubhub? We get into some of the great things about them. We also delve into some of the challenges that I see. You can read the associated blog post for Episode 81 on EntreCourier.com. More about the EntreCourier You can get more tips and ideas at our webs...
Episode 80: What is it Like Delivering for Uber Eats?
Deliver on Your Business - July 14, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBefore we get into the show notes: If you're able to at all, this is a good one to follow on the blog post. We have screen shots of things from the Uber Eats app that, seeing the shots (and viewing the video about verifying you have a mask on) really help add to this episode. Okay, on to the sh...
Episode 79: Can you really make $100,000 a year with Uber Eats?
Deliver on Your Business - July 08, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe story came out about Sam Lyon, who decided to put in 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, delviering Uber Eats for the month of June. In the end, he made $8,357, which is a $100,000 per year pace. Before we go further into that, a few notes: First, the associated blog post for today's episode is...
Episode 78: Enjoying What We Do with Mike Bisceglia from the Mike Delivers Podcast
Deliver on Your Business - June 30, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis is more or less the 1 year anniversary of the launch of this podcast. We went live with regular episodes on July 1 2019. Today's episode is a kind of celebration of all that. It was a blast having Mike Bisceglia from the Mike Delivers Podcast join us, share stories, and just talk about enj...
Episode 77: How to Save on Gas Costs While Delivering Uber Eats Doordash Grubhub Postmates, etc.
Deliver on Your Business - June 23, 2020 22:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA few weeks ago gas prices were ridiculously low. As people are getting back to work we're seeing gas prices start to move up in price. With gas getting more expensive and as much as we have to drive to deliver for gig economy apps, how do we make sure that we're not paying too much for gas? Be...
Episode 78: How to Save on Gas Costs While Delivering Uber Eats Doordash Grubhub Postmates, etc.
Deliver on Your Business - June 23, 2020 22:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA few weeks ago gas prices were ridiculously low. As people are getting back to work we're seeing gas prices start to move up in price. With gas getting more expensive and as much as we have to drive to deliver for gig economy apps, how do we make sure that we're not paying too much for gas? Be...
Episode 76: Which is the Best Delivery App to Start Delivering on and Why?
Deliver on Your Business - June 15, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNow the question here is NOT which is the best delivery app to deliver on. It's which is the best to START with. Which is the best for being someone's FIRST delivery experience. Grubhub? Uber Eats? Doordash? Postmates? Here's the thing about getting started with delivery: You might find out y...
Episode 75: Calculating Quarterly Tax Payments for Grubhub Doordash Uber Eats Contractors
Deliver on Your Business - June 09, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsI'm sure you've seen it - the clip from Jim Mora when he was a coach with the Colts: Playoffs? You kidding me? Taxes? You talking about taxes? Taxes? You kidding me??? That's how a lot of us feel. I had something I was thinking of that might be more fun to talk about, and I could have waited o...
Episode 74: Are Doordash Hotspots (or Grubhub/Uber Eats etc) a Good Place to Look for Offers?
Deliver on Your Business - June 03, 2020 03:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLet's talk a bit about hotspots. Those places the apps tell us are the best places to look for delivery offers? Are they where we should go? If not, where SHOULD we go? I'm not going to tell you where to go. I've been told where to go enough, but that's a different matter. Different markets an...
Episode 73: Completions Late Deliveries Deactivations Oh My: Doordash Cracking Down
Deliver on Your Business - May 27, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsDoordash is cracking down. But before we get into that... *************** SPONSORED ************************** Check out the Independent Delivery Professional Gear! We just launched the gear store. You can get the Independent Delivery Professional branded logo on a variety of shirts, hats etc...
Episode 72: Multi-Apping to keep your delivery income steady with Grubhub Doordash Uber Eats
Deliver on Your Business - May 19, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsCheck out our “sponsor.” The EntreCourier store. Right now it just has one product, but check it out all the same! Entrecourier.com/BasicBag As we slowly crawl out into re-opening our society, I think we’re going to see a slow down in the delivery economy. · People may be tiring of deli...
Episode 71: Will Uber Take Over Grubhub? How Will That Impact Contractors?
Deliver on Your Business - May 12, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNews broke recently that Uber Eats is in talks with Grubhub to take them over. An agreement could happen by the end of the month. We don’t know any more than that at this point. What would that mean? What will happen if that happens? I discuss what I’ve seen happen when one tech company takes...
Episode 70: How do Grubhub Doordash and Uber Eats compare in their response to Covid-19?
Deliver on Your Business - May 06, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHow have the main delivery companies responded to the Pandemic? Where did they improve? Where have they failed? We talk about the responses by each company. For links to related articles, please see the related blog post. More about the EntreCourier You can get more tips and ideas at our we...
Episode 69: 7 Tips for New Drivers with Doordash Uber Eats InstaCart Grubhub Postmates
Deliver on Your Business - April 28, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThanks in part to COVID-19 a lot more new drivers are just starting deliveries for InstaCart, Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates etc. Many are looking for tips and tricks. I have a lot of links today to other episodes and articles on EntreCourier.com, as an attempt to keep the tips brief ...
Episode 68: What's It Going to Be Like on the Other Side of the Pandemic?
Deliver on Your Business - April 21, 2020 23:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsProgramming note: I've made the decision to move the podcast to earlier in the week rather than towards the end of the week. That falls in line with when we send out our weekly newsletter (see the link below if you want to sign up) There are signs that we're on the downward side of this pandemi...
Episode 67: Do Grubhub Doordash Postmates Uber Eats Contractors Qualify for Unemployment?
Deliver on Your Business - April 12, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsDo we qualify for unemployment benefits as gig workers delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats? If we have to stay home during this pandemic, or we choose to stay home for safety reasons, or we stay home because we can’t earn enough, how does that impact our ability to recover tho...
Episode 66: Maintaining Mental Health While Delivering During a Pandemic
Deliver on Your Business - April 03, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHow are you holding up, delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats or any other gig companies during this COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic? That's an important question. I fear that the mental health toll from this could be as bad if not worse than the physical health. How can we respo...
Episode 65: Alternatives to Delivery Income During a Pandemic
Deliver on Your Business - March 27, 2020 20:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIs your income while delivering for Grubhub, Doordash, Uber Eats or others dropping because of this pandemic? Or did you have to stay home? It's frustrating to pause like this. And to compound things, the Supreme Court in New York State just ruled that Postmates drivers are employees. This will...
A Delivery Driver's Message to Restaurant Operators
Deliver on Your Business - March 23, 2020 16:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsI wanted to take a moment and offer a special message to restaurant owners. I'm a delivery driver who contracts with Grubhub, Postmates, Doordash and Uber Eats. Normally this podcast is directed towards other couriers. But today I wanted to just take a moment and give a heartfelt message to thos...
Episode 64: Will Response to COVID-19 By Delivery Gig Apps Help or Hurt Them?
Deliver on Your Business - March 20, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBefore digging into the topic, I wanted to post a link to this article on Marketwatch that looked at my experience doing delivery in the midst of the Covid-19 Coronavirus crisis. Here are some links related to today's topic. Grubhub's announcement they would waive fees for independent restaura...
Episode 63: How does COVID-19 Coronavirus Impact Us as Food Delivery Contractors?
Deliver on Your Business - March 13, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis past few days have really hit home how seriously the Corona virus is being taken. Major sporting events are being canceled. Tom Hanks has the virus. Schools are being suspended or canceled. How is this going to impact us as delivery contractors for Grubhub, Postmates, Uber Eats, Doordash ...
Episode 62: Order and Pay - Is it Worth It?
Deliver on Your Business - March 06, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsUber Eats is starting to roll out Order and Pay where couriers place the order and pay for it with an UE-provided debit card. Grubhub only recently joined in. Is it worth it to accept Order and Pay delivery offers? Does it make sense? We talk about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes ...
Episode 61: How Can a Delivery Platform Earn My Loyalty?
Deliver on Your Business - February 28, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLast week's episode (Episode 60) involved a discussion with researchers who were looking at the non-monetary things that gig platforms can do to attract and gain loyalty. So this week I thought I'd throw my two cents in. Amazing how long I can talk with 2 cents. Here's what it all boils down...
Episode 60: What Keeps Us Engaged or Attracts us to a Delivery Platform?
Deliver on Your Business - February 20, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhat is it that makes you loyal to one particular platform over another? Is there one that you prefer to deliver for? Why is that? Are there things besides money that might make us more likely to stay with a platform, or more likely to switch to another type of opportunity? Today, we talk with...
Episode 59: The Great Grubhub Free Uber Eats Experiment
Deliver on Your Business - February 14, 2020 21:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAbout 70% of my deliveries are for Grubhub. Maybe 1% are with Uber Eats. I was unable to get Grubhub time blocks scheduled for much of this week, so I decided to see how it would go if I went all in on Uber Eats for a few days. Here's my experience chasing a 40-delivery Quest this week, and ho...
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